
The Best Free Website Speed Test Tools
After years of working on websites I’ve gathered a constantly updating list of my favorite tools. Below I’ve compiled my list of the best free website speed tests with their features. Enjoy!
GTmetrix Website Speed
Link: http://gtmetrix.com/
GTmetrix is by far my favorite, it pulls data from Google’s Page Speed Insights and Yahoo’s Yslow services along with their own additional tests and metrics. Even the free tier offers a ton of great features, for example you can keep a history if you test the same page more than once, you can change the browser and browser extensions that are used for the test, you can change the location the test is from, and more. Upgrading to Pro adds even more features.
Features
- Page Speed
- YSlow
- Watefall DIsplay (Timeline)
- Total Page Size
- Total Number of Requests
- Relative Performance Measurements
- Customizable options
- Location
- Browser
- Browser addons
Pingdom Website Speed Test
Link: http://tools.pingdom.com/fpt/
Features
- Waterfall Display
- Performance Grade
- Page Analysis
- Server Response Code
- Load Time Analysis
- Size Analysis
- Request Analysis
- Historical Data For:
- Page Load Time
- Page Size and Request Count
- Page Speed Score
WebPagetest – Website Performance
Link: http://www.webpagetest.org/
Features:
- Load Times
- Time to First Byte
- Watefall Display
- Content Breakdown
- Performance Review
Google PageSpeed Insights
Link: https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/
Features
- Independent Desktop & Mobile Scores
- Suggestion Summaries
- Help Documentation for Fixes
I know this are the best tools but can you provide me some article which will help me out to speed up my blog.
Hey there, it depends upon what is causing it to be slow. It could be large images, not enough server resources, too many scripts, etc. Using one of these tools should help give some insights on where you’re running into issues though.